Ni sa ikela ku mwanalushi

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Title: Ni sa ikela ku mwanalushi
Performer / Recordist: Sons of Barotseland Patriotic Society Choir; Tracey, Hugh
Subject: Folk music--Africa; Lozi (African people); Bemba (African people); Folk songs, Bemba; Field recordings
Description / content note: The song is about a man who went home to his villag and fell ill. He wanted to go to hospital but his people tried to dissuade him. He replied, "I want to go to hospital and lie on a proper hospital bed" (mbeda). In the villages they lie on the ground. This song recounts the actual experience of the composer who was a boy working on the Northern Rhodesia Railways. Before these people were conquered by the Kololo they are said to have spoken the Siluyiana language. Topical song
Type / form: sound recordings; field recordings; sound recording-musical
Language: Lozi; Bemba
Place of recording: Africa, Sub-Saharan; Africa -- Zambia Barotseland
Publisher: International Library of African Music (ILAM)
Date recorded: 1952
Date issued / published: 1952
Identifier: TR182; 7
Is Format Of: Analog reel item
Duration (time): 00:02:30
File format: wav
Sample Rate: 15 ips reel
Digitisation (original): 96000Hz 24Bit Stereo; Studer B67 Recorder; Sound Forge V.6
Rights Holder: International Library of African Music
License: CC Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike
Access Rights: Public
Is Part Of: ILAM Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series
Format: audio/mp3
Genre: field recordings
handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/183716

Item sets: Hugh Tracey Sound of Africa Series

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